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Courtesy photo / Rick and Ann Martorano, shown here, are among the acts for a special benefit concert for the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach later this month.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach is pleased to announce a free benefit concert: A musical salute to George Gershwin – The American Music Man, which will be performed at the Coronado Community United Methodist Church, 201 N. Peninsula.

The event will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20.

Dr. Richard Martorano will conduct this concert featuring Kathleen Lamy Puzzo and Friends to support the Little Theatre and the Worship Arts program at Coronado Community. The concert is free; however an offering will be collected.

Dr. Richard Martorano will conduct this concert featuring Kathleen Lamy Puzzo and Friends to support the Little Theatre and the Worship Arts program at Coronado Community. The concert is free; however an offering will be collected.

Special guests include national recording artist Clay Gatton; Dr. Cyndi Fraser; Shannon McPadden, Rhonda Atkins, and Dr. Sondra Avant, Rob Hebel, David Jenkins, and Martorano's wife, Ann Martorano. They will be accompanied by pianist William Perry and dancer Daniel Walker. Special guest political cartoonist Bruce Beattie will narrate the show.

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Sept. 16, 1915 - May 4, 2010

Ann Carter, age 94, of New Smyrna Beach, formally of Wareham, Massachusetts, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Ocean View Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, New Smyrna Beach. Burial will be at a later date in Wareham.